The Zereps

well folks…the weather sure has taken a turn for the better lately. it’s been sunny and around 70 degrees. our lawn is even in the process of turning green. alot of our other neighbors here in suburbia have had their lawns aerated…maybe if i walk around in homemade golf shoes it will do the same thing? we’ll see….

anyhoo…several weekends ago we went in search of patio furniture. we found LOTS that we liked, but seeing as we need to spend some moolah on more patio pavers to even have a useable patio, we opted for a wal-mart sale lawn swing. 🙂

here’s what it looked like when shawn set it up, note: this is a stock photo from wal-mart, not our real backyard:

i wasn’t real happy with the color scheme so i painted the frame black, and reupholstered the cushion/swing. and thanks to an early birthday present from my mom, we also have a bbq! here come bbq tofu dogs and grillers!
here’s eric setting it up:

and here’s the swing all spruced up!

the pups are sure enjoying all the extra time outside. jabba in particular! he likes to just lay on the lawn and sunbath. unfortunately, leia has to be VERY well supervised because she puts everything in her mouth.

as you can see, we have a lot of pebbles in the yard. we’re going to relocate some to make our patio bigger, eventually. and try to make it a bit more homey. flowers especially. and hopefully a gazebo because we get so much hot hot sun and a gazebo is cheaper than trees. 🙂

anyhoo…that’s all folks!

eric and i just got done watching the movie ‘an inconvenient truth,’ and we think everybody should go watch it too! really, go watch it then go do something about it.

go watch it! 😀 seriously.

wow…it has been a while since either eric or myself updated! we’ve been a little on the busy side lately, plus the weather has been really nice here, AND my brother, shawn, was visiting us!

we did lots of fun stuff while he was here. i dragged him shopping, we went to the sterling hotel (the ‘shinning hotel’), went snowboarding, and went to golden, co, among other things. unfortunately i forgot my camera when we went to the snow, so no pics! jabba and leia also enjoyed his visit, the more people to play with, the better! hopefully he’ll visit again in the summer when we can go hiking and fishing! (yes, i want to get my fishing license..it would be fun!)

here’s shawn outside of the stanley hotel, a.k.a. the shinning hotel. we got a different tour guide this time who took us to old underground tunnels and fun stuff like that.

yesterday eric, shawn and myself all trekked out to golden, colorado to tour the coors brewery. it was actually very interesting, as well as fun. and the town of golden is really pretty…nestled in a little valley.

the room featured in this little video clip smelled like malt-o-meal, which i happen to like alot. this was from part of our tour.

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i wish i had taken more pictures, but i seem to forget when i’m actually doing something interesting!

all in all, we had a great time while shawn was here….come back soon! we miss you already! 😀

ok…time to show more pictures of our new puglet! jabba and leia have been getting along quite well. they both love to wrestle like crazy and eat just as crazily. oh, and now we have 2 snoring pugs during nap time!

here they are playing!

here’s how we’ve been taking walks lately. leia doesn’t have all her shots since she’s so little, so i carry her in a purse so she can get some fresh air and hear all the rowdy neighborhood dogs. jabba’s always ready for a nice long walk, barking dogs or no.

oh, and i spruced up a collar for her. no use spending tons on something she’s just going to outgrow in a month. jabba would kill me if i put ribbon on his collar.

ok ok! enough pug pics…they DO have their own site.

and i have finally embraced a trend i always secretly loathed and scoffed at….crocs. but at least my feet are happy….oooohhhh…..sooooo haaaapppyyyy….. 😀

and she has four legs, a curly tail and button ears! may i present to you princess leia perez!

where is she? is she in here?

here i am!

proud parents!

let me up!

brother and sister

[more pictures on jabba’s site coming soon!]

last week i ordered some cookbooks from amazon to spice up our cheap dinner menu. everyday italian, vegan with a vengence, and vegan cupcakes take over the world. the first two cookbooks have yummy, cheap recipes…but….i am infatuated with ma vegan cupcakes! so far i’ve made some rummy cupcakes and today i made oreo cupcakes (well, organic newman-o’s). super yum!

and i totally recommend the vegan cookbooks, they’re great! i can’t wait to try the seitan!

silas subaru!

silas hails from thorton, co, where we found him snoozing at the lot of “mike shaw subaru.” we had originally drove down there to adopt a “rescue” subi, but six hours later we were driving home with silas! 😀

he’s a very sporty and nimble 2007 subaru impreza 2.5i sports wagon. we’re very excited to have him with us. sally subi and silas subaru are having some “alone time” in the garage, getting to know each other better. we’re hoping they like each other. 🙂

[and if you’re wondering, silas is eric’s new ride to work…thus sally can be mine…all miiiiine!  mwahaha! no more cabin fever!]

Well… it’s been a while now, but we did want to mention the fact the Jakki from The Jakkit came out to Denver for an interview and took some time out of her busy city-hopping schedule to spend some time with us. Unfortunately, we don’t have any pictures of us with her in them, but we do have this picture (next to the ‘OT AN TRANCE’ sign,) taken with our camera that (sort of) proves she was here. (Although for all you know, that picture could have been taken anywhere.) 😉

In other news… Candice and I have a heck of a day yesterday (Saturday the 3rd) but the fruits of our labor paid off and we made a major purchase… more details (and pictures) to come soon.